I haven't posted very often here, but I have been lurking for years reading hundreds and hundreds of posts by Gazmosis, Pandatrooper, Ukswrath and many many others. I've bought things from many of you on this site, Darman, Evilboy, JustJoseph63, and others. This community is awesome, the encouragement and help given out unselfishly is a thing of beauty all by itself. So many of you have helped with my build that I feel like the least I can do to give back is to warn others on this forum about scams.
Do not send money to Ron or Janet Kieser or their company THG Props in Eugene, OR.
I bought an ANH stunt helmet two years ago from ATA and the armor to go with it in May. The last piece I needed was an E-11 kit, so I sent money in July of 2016 to THG Props for one of their unbreakable ANH kits. Their post claimed that these kits ship in 6-8 weeks.
It has been six months since I paid for my kit. I never received my kit and a few weeks ago I asked for my money back. My money has not been refunded. Ron did buy a used Explorer, here is a photo:
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I sent them payment through Etsy.com and since then they have quit using that website and are now using Ebay.
Ron is in the Cloud City Garrison and has used this forum in the past. His alias is "Ronime". I've sent him messages here, on Etsy, and on Facebook which have mostly been ignored. I have recieved several messages saying "your kit will be shipped next week" which is obviously false. Also, Ron has another stalling tactic where he prints a label for your shipment to trigger a "Your kit has been shipped" message from Etsy, but the tracking number shows only that a label has been printed. No package has been received for shipping by USPS. Someone named Scott Markham posted the same thing on Facebook, so Ron and Janet are doing this to other people.
If anyone on here knows him feel free to forward a link to this post. He is welcome to challenge my claims that he is engaging in fraud. In fact, as of 12/28/16 THG Props has a post on eBay for these E-11 kits:
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If Ron or Janet ieser does read this post, you should take down this link. How can you promise in good faith to ship something to someone in February when you don't have the inventory to meet orders taken in July?
Also, has anyone here actually gotten an E-11 kit from THG Props in the last six months? Please post a photo or reply with your experience doing business with THG Props.
If you have been scammed by THG Props please post how much money you sent them and how long ago. I would be very interested to learn how many other people are in this same situation. Hopefully by exposing this kind of behavior we can protect others on FISD and minimize the number of scammers using this website.